Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.
Humphrey Bogart
as Joe Gurney
Kay Francis
as Dr. Carole Nelson
James Stephenson
as Bill Stevens
John Eldredge
as Dr. Niles Nelson
Jessie Busley
as Aunt Josephine
Arthur Aylesworth
as Dr. Sanders
Raymond Brown
as Sheriff
Harland Tucker
as Mr. Ames
Ralph Remley
as Mr. Robert
Charley Foy
as Slick
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When one of his boys is saved by a young doctor, gangster "Joe" (Humphrey Bogart) pays the man a visit and thanks him with $500 and a promise (threat?) of future work. It's at one such consultation that the police swoop, the young man is killed in the melee and his now widow, fellow doctor, "Carole"...